74 APPLE. 



large ; colour, a yellowish green, varied with russet 

 next the sun. The pulp is crisp, well charged with 

 a fine rich juice, of a peculiar flavour. For the des- 

 sert, it is a passable fruit ; and for kitchen use, very 

 superior. It promises to be a good and profitable 

 orchard tree, and most suitable for the market gar- 

 dener. 



76. PoiveVs Pearmain, — Keeps from the time of 

 gathering till the month of x^pril. This excellent 

 variety of apple, the author fears, is almost lost 

 to the country, as it does not appear in modern cata- 

 logues, or goes by another name. He first became 

 acquainted with it in the Fulham Nursery, in 

 1791, and then the tree was forty years old. Tradi- 

 tion says it was raised by Powel, gardener to George 

 the Second, who wrote on the culture of fruit and 

 vegetables, having been, in the early part of his life, 

 a practical gardener. The fruit is above the middle 

 size, of a dark russety-green, faintly striped with red. 

 The pulp is particularly firm, and of whitish-green 

 colour, abounding with an agreeably acid juice. The 

 tree is one of the strongest growers of all the pear- 

 mains, and consequently very fitting for the first class 

 in an orchard, being, though not a great, a fair 

 bearer. As many young plants of this apple were 

 sent out from the Fulham Nursery to difi'erent parts 

 of the kingdom, it is probable the sort may be still 

 standing in old orchards, unnoticed and unknown to 

 commercial cultivators. 



77* Barcelona P^armain, — In perfection from the 

 end of November to February. This is a well- 



